The Orphan Keeper Novels & Stories

His hands were shaking. Elara watched him. He looked strong under all the dirt and blood. His eyes were sharp, even now. He wasn't just some random wolf. He was a fighter. "Who are you?" she asked. "Really?" The man looked at her. For a moment, she saw fear in his eyes. Then it was gone. "My name is Orin," he said. "I was a scout for the Voss family. I worked in Blackstone Keep." Elara's heart raced. Blackstone Keep. The heart of enemy territory. The place where Theron Voss ruled.

Many years ago, I suffered a head injury in a car accident and ended up brain-damaged. Only my godmother, Fenelle Porter, remained to care for me after my parents' long-ago divorce and relocation. As my mother's closest friend, she possessed a mature elegance, a striking figure, and a complexion that was both fair and smooth. My feelings for Fenelle ran deep, leading me to frequently lose myself in late-night fantasies about her. A recent accident changed everything. While Fenelle was out shopping, I fell from a cabinet and struck my head. Although the impact unexpectedly restored my mental capabilities, I chose to maintain the facade of my previous condition.

The night was broken by a scream, and when the group hurried outside, they discovered a shadowed figure standing at the edge of the camp. “Who’s there?” Lucan demanded, drawing his weapon. The figure stepped forward, its voice echoing unnaturally. “You thought you could destroy me?” Lena’s heart froze as recognition dawned. It was the Keeper not as a physical being, but as a manifestation of the orb’s lingering energy. “I am eternal,” the Keeper intoned, its form shifting and flickering. “And you, Lena, will be my new host.” Kaden stepped protectively in front of Lena, his blade drawn. “Over my dead body.”

Alarick said, kissing both of his hands softly, where their bond marks are, "The temple is your home, and my home is in you. A cruel fate for a kragforer." (My sacred Dalli.) (Barbarian) Erriene was not even able to translate the words any more. Alarick looked at him in pure adoration and sorrow. "You brought my mamkka back like you promised. You also found my heir." Erriene's eyes blurred and he could hear a child crying out in the distance. It's my fault I'll never have him, I'm cursed, I'm alone, I'm alone again-

About what Sera's answer had shown her. "The Keeper named a limitation in her own watching today," Orin said. "In the report she was presenting for her own renewal. She named something that made the case for her renewal less certain." She looked at the circle. "That is the function working correctly. A person who manages the report to secure their own position is not doing the function." She paused. "She is doing the function." Aldric spoke. He had traveled from his settlement three hours east. He always came.

I was abandoned as a baby at a very small orphanage, in the small town of River Stop. I was raised in the orphanage, and I guess in this small area not a whole lot of people want to adopt an orphan girl. So, I grew up with the ladies that ran the orphanage, Frances, the old, short and very plump mean and strict head master I guess we can call her, and Mary, who was soft, sweet, caring, and was the only person in my life that ever loved me!

Not loud. Not threatening. Calm. Almost gentle. The Keeper has found the key. A strange pressure settled over the bridge. Naomi looked around uneasily. “Did either of you hear that?” Ama nodded. Orion nodded too. The silver-eyed Architect looked older than he had only moments ago. “The Keeper,” he whispered. The voice answered immediately. You remember. Orion closed his eyes. “I never forgot.” Ama turned toward him. “Who—or what—is the Keeper?” A long silence followed.

"State your name and your business within Blackthorn immediately." The man looked up, meeting Killian's golden gaze without a single hint of fear. "I am Orion. A Keeper of the Celestial Archives." An immediate silence fell over the court. No one in the room had ever heard of such an order. "I have crossed frozen mountains, barren deserts, and three separate uncharted kingdoms," Orion stated firmly, leaning slightly on his silver staff. "Searching tirelessly for one specific child." His gaze shifted slightly, trying to look past Killian. "The child called Aiden."

Mariko opened the screen of her phone to search in their database regarding the details of the child she just saved. Mariko saw a picture of a child holding a white rabbit pushy. ‘Sophie McCartney Carter. Five years old.’ “What the... Are these all the details about the kid? They didn’t put the names of her parents here,” she muttered after reading the information about the child. Mariko tapped the search bar and typed Orianna’s name. Her right brow raised as she read the data about Orianna. ‘Orianna McCartney. 25 years old. Entrepreneur. Owner of Pearl of Orianna’s, McCartney jewels, SofiMalls. Billionaire. Status: Divorced.’ She smirked as she saw her status. “They wrote ‘Divorced’ but did